Active Schools Week

Active Schools Week

Our school organises an Active School Week as part of our annual school calendar. This is one of the highlights of the school year. We are encouraged to wear our active gear for the whole week. The pupils receive active homework and we try to travel to school as actively as possible. For some, this means walking the whole way to school and for others this means walking part of the way, scooting or cycling to school.

2016: We ran our first Active Schools Week from 30th May to 3rd June 2016. Throughout the week, children were involved in a number of activities based around being active. They wore their favourite sports gear to promote physical activity, participated in Badminton sessions and Zumba workshops. Each morning began with a whole school Cha-Cha-Slide. There were plenty of activities outside due to the good weather, including an impressive whole school Zumba Dance and Walk on Wednesday (WOW)! Each classroom also promoted the Active Schools by creating an active display. During the week children also kept an Active School Diary where they recorded any physical activities that they were involved in including Active Homework. The active week was completed with Sport’s Day on the Friday the 3rd of June. The effort put in by the group of 60+ volunteers (parents and teachers included) on this day was enormous. The children had a fantastic week and it was definitely one of the highlights of the school calendar.

2017: During Active School’s Week 2017 the school took part in many physical activities. Throughout the week the children were involved in a skipping workshop with Skipping Day’s, Skippy John. Each class also participated in exciting Pound Classes with Carla where lots of new moves were accompanied by the beat of pound sticks.

To promote physical activity children were encouraged to wear their favourite active wear throughout the week. Children took part in Active Homework and at the beginning of the week they were involved in picking some of the activities they might include. Classes were also encouraged to continue the good habits developed through participation in RTÉ’S Operation Transformation 10@10.

Beautiful weather for Sport’s Day was a fantastic end to the week. Thank you to the dozens of volunteers (parents and teachers) for all their help, we couldn’t do it without you!

2018: Everyone is encouraged to wear their favourite active gear for our Active School Week which takes place from 28th May – 1st June. Coaches from Olympian Gymnastics and Irish Ultimate Frisbee will provide taster sessions for all classes throughout the week. We will also have 10@10 Movement Breaks, Active Diaries, County Colours Day, Whole School Macarena, Active Travel, Active Homework and much much more. The week will culminate with our annual Sports Day where dozens of parents and teachers will help to organise and coordinate the event. This will take place in Marlay Park on Friday 1st June. Check out our Active Posters and pictures on the Active School Notice Board. Also, keep an eye on the Active News section of our website for updates on Active School Week.